I used to be a huge fan of Weebly and I still use it a lot due to its simplicity and effectiveness. Productivity matters to me a lot and with that I mean how fast I can produce a new post and go life. But integrity matters as well and since I'm an affiliate that earns commissions I have to tell you about the downsides and limitations that Weebly has. Mobile blogging with Weebly is very challenging ! Their systems support tablets, but they are neither mature nor stable.
While travelling Australia extensively I became painfully aware of Weebly's limitations. Swapping editing devices such as tablets phones and computers can crash your work. Weebly has not adequately met this challenge. Good internet speed during the editing process is mandatory and the absence of an option to compile a post offline is a huge downside of Weebly's Assax based coding environment. Furthermore
Poor reception is not the only problem. The system can be too slow to do life editing in poor reception areas. There is no option to edit off line and then upload later. Switching between devices and software apps is messy and there appear to be some compatibility problems. Too many cosmetic changes have affected our productivity and Robustness has suffered.
In May 2016 I have needed a proper computer to add new blog pages. Weebly's ease of use has suffered and hasty updates means bugs and instability is now a fairly common experience. Firefox and Google Chrome compatibility not 100%. Maybe I should test Explorer again.
So here is Weebly's response dated Jun 10, 2016
I am sorry you've experienced so much frustration .... Weebly classic has been phased out and will no longer be supported. They will not be merged, but there will be more updates to the newer app, though I don’t know when the next update will be released. As far as working in areas with spotty internet connections, there’s nothing over which we have control in those circumstances. Updates on devices will be saved locally, and then when you publish, it will sync with the server, but I’d make sure that you're not switching between devices with data saved locally that hasn’t been synced, because then when you work on the second device, it won’t see the changes from the other one and there could be problems. I’d say make sure it’s fully sync’ed before switching to a different mobile device to further edit. Thank you for choosing Weebly!
I have just posted on weeblys community blog as follows:
Create simple blog posts off line, i.e. one picture with text ! - #weeblyflaws
1- Can we create simple blog posts off line, i.e. one picture with text ? - NO
2- A similar request got archieved without response earlier - excuse: NOT ENOUGH KUDOS !
3- Can we have such a feature in future ????? _______ !!!!!!!!
While travelling Australia extensively I became painfully aware of Weebly's limitations. Swapping editing devices such as tablets phones and computers can crash your work. Weebly has not adequately met this challenge. Good internet speed during the editing process is mandatory and the absence of an option to compile a post offline is a huge downside of Weebly's Assax based coding environment. Furthermore
Poor reception is not the only problem. The system can be too slow to do life editing in poor reception areas. There is no option to edit off line and then upload later. Switching between devices and software apps is messy and there appear to be some compatibility problems. Too many cosmetic changes have affected our productivity and Robustness has suffered.
In May 2016 I have needed a proper computer to add new blog pages. Weebly's ease of use has suffered and hasty updates means bugs and instability is now a fairly common experience. Firefox and Google Chrome compatibility not 100%. Maybe I should test Explorer again.
So here is Weebly's response dated Jun 10, 2016
I am sorry you've experienced so much frustration .... Weebly classic has been phased out and will no longer be supported. They will not be merged, but there will be more updates to the newer app, though I don’t know when the next update will be released. As far as working in areas with spotty internet connections, there’s nothing over which we have control in those circumstances. Updates on devices will be saved locally, and then when you publish, it will sync with the server, but I’d make sure that you're not switching between devices with data saved locally that hasn’t been synced, because then when you work on the second device, it won’t see the changes from the other one and there could be problems. I’d say make sure it’s fully sync’ed before switching to a different mobile device to further edit. Thank you for choosing Weebly!
I have just posted on weeblys community blog as follows:
Create simple blog posts off line, i.e. one picture with text ! - #weeblyflaws
1- Can we create simple blog posts off line, i.e. one picture with text ? - NO
2- A similar request got archieved without response earlier - excuse: NOT ENOUGH KUDOS !
3- Can we have such a feature in future ????? _______ !!!!!!!!
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